FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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Vehicle Disabling

The Passive Anti-Theft System (PATS) will be activated and disable the vehicle from starting if any of the following conditions exist:
- damaged encoded key
- unprogrammed key
- non-encoded key (key has no electronics)
- wiring concern
- transceiver concern
- PATS control module concern
- J-1850 Communications Network concern
- Powertrain Control Module (PCM)